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the people give you energy and you give them energy, but the love is just so -- it is boundless. >> well, music speaks in our language. they got some pictures, i do not have them anymore, going through my divorce, where i played in africa, and i got off the plane in 1969, i said, "now, what am i going to do?" because i was going to a lot of countries where they have -- it was a cultural exchange from washington. we had the guy to speak, i think, 12 or 13 different languages. i took a shot at -- i said, "you know what? i am just going to play buddy guy." i did, and those people was like, "how do y'all know what i am saying? how do you know what i am doing?" it was amazing. we go to countries now where a lot of people do not speak a lot of english, and all people do not speak a lot of english in brazil, but everywhere we went, we sold out. tavis: the blues, it is universal. >> yes, and that's why i say yes, it speaks in our language. what i do is when i go to the stage i forget about me. it is who thought enough -- you know how cold it was, you was there. i am like saying, "if you think en
the people give you energy and you give them energy, but the love is just so -- it is boundless. >> well, music speaks in our language. they got some pictures, i do not have them anymore, going through my divorce, where i played in africa, and i got off the plane in 1969, i said, "now, what am i going to do?" because i was going to a lot of countries where they have -- it was a cultural exchange from washington. we had the guy to speak, i think, 12 or 13 different languages. i...
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i think his energy missed the mark. there are some questions he should ask of the president. but i gleaned from the article that the president says his favorite tv show is a "homeland." >> that mr.. he spoke about me? no. tavis: high you into the state dinner. he said, i love "homeland." >> i think it was maureen dowd who wrote that in a new york times op-ed. they said she was not supposed to. she slipped it into your article. from that moment, it became quite that chapter that the president was watching our show. i asked him about it because i was sitting at the same table as him at a white house dinner, the state dinner for david cameron. i said, when you get time to watch tv? you are supposed to be running the free world. [laughter] he said, michele, saturday afternoons, she takes the kids to play tennis. i do some work at home and sometimes i do not do so much work and i switch on the tv. he does not watch it with the girls. tavis: presidents need entertainment, too. was that your first state dinner? >> yeah. [laughter] i think it was my last as well. tavis: what did you
i think his energy missed the mark. there are some questions he should ask of the president. but i gleaned from the article that the president says his favorite tv show is a "homeland." >> that mr.. he spoke about me? no. tavis: high you into the state dinner. he said, i love "homeland." >> i think it was maureen dowd who wrote that in a new york times op-ed. they said she was not supposed to. she slipped it into your article. from that moment, it became quite...
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anybody with the right amount of skill, effort, energy, and ingenuity can accomplish anything. tavis: i don't believe everybody is as gifted as you are. >> they don't have to make it this way in music. they can make it this way and marketing, journalism, so many different things. photography, directing. some people spend so much time focusing on the gift that other people have the day don't ever take acknowledgement to the gifts they have been blessed with. that is a waste of talent. tavis: given a significant portion of what your base is, i believe in hard work is one of the ingredients that go along with being successful. i think there are institutional and structural barriers to keep people from being able to elevate no matter have gifted or talented they might be. to that particular course of your base that is stuck in poverty, what say you to them about trying to find a way out, even though they know they are gifted and talented, they can't seem to find a break that they need? >> are probably lean back on the theory that when god closes the door, he opens a window. you hav
anybody with the right amount of skill, effort, energy, and ingenuity can accomplish anything. tavis: i don't believe everybody is as gifted as you are. >> they don't have to make it this way in music. they can make it this way and marketing, journalism, so many different things. photography, directing. some people spend so much time focusing on the gift that other people have the day don't ever take acknowledgement to the gifts they have been blessed with. that is a waste of talent....
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you cannot spend the energy of invention or creativity it. followed by the ipad and so on. people get caught by this. i mean, what can this do? a few years ago, and mobile telephone in a suitcase. today, in your pocket. carrying with them certain baggage of values. imperceptibly, they affect things. there is this culture. ways of thinking, you know? presenting it as an alternative. you do not have to throw away your ipod because you are a follower. you can be as materialistic as you what. being grounded in certain basic -- i do not want to say the turmoil. basic values. being selective about what you take from the exterior world. tavis: these questions are difficult because they are different in different parts of the continent. you are the perfect person to answer this question given your own history. being a political prisoner, etc., etc.. >> the very negative. very pessimistic. let's put it this way. is the continent progressive? no, it is not. there are pockets here and there. you find is one step forward, several steps back. as i said earlier, i never thought we would
you cannot spend the energy of invention or creativity it. followed by the ipad and so on. people get caught by this. i mean, what can this do? a few years ago, and mobile telephone in a suitcase. today, in your pocket. carrying with them certain baggage of values. imperceptibly, they affect things. there is this culture. ways of thinking, you know? presenting it as an alternative. you do not have to throw away your ipod because you are a follower. you can be as materialistic as you what. being...
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we're hearing more about energy, dirty energy. we are calling for a green new deal modeled after the new deal that out as of the great depression. they created approximately 4 million jobs in as little as two months. there is a lot we can do if we put our mind to it. we're calling for jobs greeted at the level of our communities that are nationally funded and put decisions in the hands of the community at which kind of jobs they need both in the green economy and meeting their social needs, that would be focused and controlled locally, the funded at the national level. >> justice party presidential candidate rocky anderson, how to create jobs? >> president obama would like us to ignore what is happening is past four years. granted, he came into a tough situation, but we have to consider that during the last 43 months we have had more than 8% unemployment. it is the only time in this nation's history that we have had a president that has presided even over three years of over 8% unemployment. the fact is, those 43 months of over 8%
we're hearing more about energy, dirty energy. we are calling for a green new deal modeled after the new deal that out as of the great depression. they created approximately 4 million jobs in as little as two months. there is a lot we can do if we put our mind to it. we're calling for jobs greeted at the level of our communities that are nationally funded and put decisions in the hands of the community at which kind of jobs they need both in the green economy and meeting their social needs,...
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i have said i would never bet against her, but everybody knows she put her energy into this, so how does it feel to be part of that process to help her make this work? >> both of us agreed. both of us recognize this is better than both of us. this is the salary our grandmothers did not get paid for. they did of hard work in this world and did not get paid. we are going to have a woman of color build a network that changes the face of television. this i know for sure, because the other networks said this could not be done. healing on television could not be done. they said no one would watch. it was done. by a woman of color who has a grandmother watching over her. i have a grandmother watching over me. own will change the face of television. this i know for sure. tavis: there you have it, so if you will seewn., it. i expect they will make it all the way up there as long as the project is on. glad to have you here. that is it for tonight. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. join me next time for a conversation with penny
i have said i would never bet against her, but everybody knows she put her energy into this, so how does it feel to be part of that process to help her make this work? >> both of us agreed. both of us recognize this is better than both of us. this is the salary our grandmothers did not get paid for. they did of hard work in this world and did not get paid. we are going to have a woman of color build a network that changes the face of television. this i know for sure, because the other...
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the energy industry contributed $75 million. it should not be a surprise that we got a financial reform bill that was water down, that there was no public option in the health care built, and we did not even get around to doing an energy bill, even though we are spending billions of dollars to autocrats on the other side of the world. there is no question that this is a problem that can be solved, but the reason that people who should be called to be a part of it are not a part of it is because of the role in money in politics. courtesy of the supreme court's decisions that equate money but speech and not limiting speech, you can not limit money. that is one of the key factors. tavis: we agree that citizens united was a decision that opened up the floodgates. i think we concur on that point. in your book, we can all do better, you go a step further and you are honest about your assessment that the president squandered an opportunity to do something significant and reeled about campaign finance reform. it is not just -- significa
the energy industry contributed $75 million. it should not be a surprise that we got a financial reform bill that was water down, that there was no public option in the health care built, and we did not even get around to doing an energy bill, even though we are spending billions of dollars to autocrats on the other side of the world. there is no question that this is a problem that can be solved, but the reason that people who should be called to be a part of it are not a part of it is because...
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say, "i would hammer them peer " i think it is ok, because the one thing i was putting my and -- my energy towards, the company vision, that was primary, and i also did the arithmetic. if we did the mission, i was fine, and if we did not, i was cooked anyway, and then i took on an evil kabbalah after that, as i call it. -- i took on the evil after that. tavis: the difference between women trying to work their way around men versus women trying to work their way around women. the difference is what? >> here is the thing. i do not know as much about the women to women think, because so much of the time, i was trying to interpret and decode men and management, said that as more and more women came, it is easy for me to feel like i could bring them along. it was very rewarding. what the women tell me that i have been working with is that there are always some notoriously difficult women bosses, and what i think it comes from is that time when they are really in the world of men, and they have to be downright weird twist to even be heard, and then there is another quality. it is kind of like sc
say, "i would hammer them peer " i think it is ok, because the one thing i was putting my and -- my energy towards, the company vision, that was primary, and i also did the arithmetic. if we did the mission, i was fine, and if we did not, i was cooked anyway, and then i took on an evil kabbalah after that, as i call it. -- i took on the evil after that. tavis: the difference between women trying to work their way around men versus women trying to work their way around women. the...
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most are motivated by the sights, the nature, and the physical energy that it builds.
most are motivated by the sights, the nature, and the physical energy that it builds.
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we have renewable energy. we make connections with corporate companies and we need folks that work in finance. over 100 areas. this new foods to system is going to be different than our grandmothers and grandfathers situation. tavis: let me close with this, are you hopeful that through the good food revolution that we can actually get a handle on childhood obesity? i saw a little baby on the cover and a says, look at me, i'm going to be 300 pounds when i grow up. >> i am hopeful because i know we will. like i have said, all of these young people that wants to get involved. we have over 75% that are under 40 years of age. it gives us a great opportunity. over 10 million new people started growing food, people who used to grow food got back into the game. their backyards and on their balconies. because of the white house guard and then when you look at the first family, they are so healthy. that really helped us, folks like myself, an old farmer like me and people in the food system, having that kind of support
we have renewable energy. we make connections with corporate companies and we need folks that work in finance. over 100 areas. this new foods to system is going to be different than our grandmothers and grandfathers situation. tavis: let me close with this, are you hopeful that through the good food revolution that we can actually get a handle on childhood obesity? i saw a little baby on the cover and a says, look at me, i'm going to be 300 pounds when i grow up. >> i am hopeful because i...
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with that knowledge coupled with this newfound energy around doing things a different way, i feel like i am in a beautiful place to make films the way want to make them. >> how did you navigate? knowing what you really wanted to do in knowing what you were gifted and talented enough to do but you were booking other people to come on my show. my show and other people's shows. how did you process that? >> this has helped me to become a filmmaker. i did not start out thinking i could ever make films. i started out looking films and wanting to have a job that put me close to them and close to filmmakers and cents. publicity is of the dead loved and was good at. and enjoyed and made the money for and this amount of time. -- nice amount of time. i caught the bug. i do not have to just love them, i can create them. >> this is my question and when this hits the twitterverse and facebook, i will take responsibility. i'm not saying this to bash or demonize or cast aspersion on tyler perry but there is a formula in this town that you could have used to make this process easier for you. there is a
with that knowledge coupled with this newfound energy around doing things a different way, i feel like i am in a beautiful place to make films the way want to make them. >> how did you navigate? knowing what you really wanted to do in knowing what you were gifted and talented enough to do but you were booking other people to come on my show. my show and other people's shows. how did you process that? >> this has helped me to become a filmmaker. i did not start out thinking i could...
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. >> if you look everywhere some of your energy you don't see how far it goes. >> rose: take a look at this, i did several interviews, there is one way back in 1993, december 2nd. here it is. >> tell me about the relationship between a conductor and his musicians. what is going on on a podium? >> look, it is basically it is -- i have a love affair or nothing. there is nothing between. musicians either like you or dislike you and i like them or don't like them. the success on the chicago symphony was and is, yet it is a strange chemistry, the same elements that make music, that interest me from the very first notes on, basically, which i have a sense of power, a sense of movement, which i love, clarity, in other words, clarity. i don't like -- many people love it. i love clear music making. >> rose: great man, wasn't he? a great man. >> absolutely. one of the greatest colleagues and also one of the human beings you can always see as ambassadors in this world, difficult worldcoming from difficult country, hungary before -- >> rose: exactly. >> and having jewish roots, being in switzerlan
. >> if you look everywhere some of your energy you don't see how far it goes. >> rose: take a look at this, i did several interviews, there is one way back in 1993, december 2nd. here it is. >> tell me about the relationship between a conductor and his musicians. what is going on on a podium? >> look, it is basically it is -- i have a love affair or nothing. there is nothing between. musicians either like you or dislike you and i like them or don't like them. the...
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. >> the reason that i talk about energy in the story is back in 1969 i wrote an energy paper and then founded one called "the energy daily," which i proceeded to publish for 33 years, which gives me a sense of energy, although that can be dangerous because things change. energy has come back as a subject, but historically it is a terrible subjects for presidents. because they cannot deliver on it. newt gingrich thinks that he can get the price of gasoline to $2.15? that is a ludicrous. the price of gasoline is not determined by the american president. it is determined in the world oil market. right behind it, sucking it up. >> the price of gas is also determined by unrest in the middle east. >> absolutely. i think it is 30%. the american energy institute says it is about 15%. i think it is about 30%. this is the jitter price. this is the worry price. the exchanges on trade futures and gasoline, which we have looked at with the oil itself, they look -- a look at this disturbance in the middle east and they do not know what is going to happen -- they look at this disturbance in the midd
. >> the reason that i talk about energy in the story is back in 1969 i wrote an energy paper and then founded one called "the energy daily," which i proceeded to publish for 33 years, which gives me a sense of energy, although that can be dangerous because things change. energy has come back as a subject, but historically it is a terrible subjects for presidents. because they cannot deliver on it. newt gingrich thinks that he can get the price of gasoline to $2.15? that is a...
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people ought to live in energy- efficient homes near transit. every child ought to be able to walk or bicycle safely to school. you ought to have parked nearby. that is common sense. but why aren't we doing it? i think there are a lot of structural reasons. we need to change the codes that decide what is going to go where. right now, we codify in lot residents should be over here, like business will be here, and heavy business will be here. there is no reason accountants' offices and light retail cannot be mixed into the community. that is what we did 80 years ago. it worked very well. when you separate it, you have to be in a car to do everything. we have to change the law. we have a tax structure that makes it very difficult for people to do this. there are small things and big things that have to happen. i would argue this is really why we went forward with this television series. maybe at the bottom we have to change our mind set, and we have to begin to realize, "i would be happy to be in a place where i did not have to hang on to a steerin
people ought to live in energy- efficient homes near transit. every child ought to be able to walk or bicycle safely to school. you ought to have parked nearby. that is common sense. but why aren't we doing it? i think there are a lot of structural reasons. we need to change the codes that decide what is going to go where. right now, we codify in lot residents should be over here, like business will be here, and heavy business will be here. there is no reason accountants' offices and light...
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we said we were going to be so true to the legacy that we were going to give our time, energy, lives, and be willing to die for the people that they were concerned about, and what martin luther king and others did in the moment was to make jim crow and jane crow visible. you either do this, or you lose your democracy. make a choice. these days in 2012, we either deal with poverty, or we lose our democracy. phil: that is not the only then that may move us to lose our democracy. i mean, we have got now people in power who believe that this is a nation of law unless we are scared. miranda schmrianda. do not even talk about that. >> the connection between poverty, tied into social misery, and oligarchy tied to greet avarice -- tied to read -- greed and avarice. the top 01% compared to the bottom 150 million. democracy cannot svive in this sense, but worse, and this is where we try to shatter this, everything is up for sale. and what was wonderful about brother martin and others is that even if they were tied to a losing cause, they were never up for sale. they were going to speak the trut
we said we were going to be so true to the legacy that we were going to give our time, energy, lives, and be willing to die for the people that they were concerned about, and what martin luther king and others did in the moment was to make jim crow and jane crow visible. you either do this, or you lose your democracy. make a choice. these days in 2012, we either deal with poverty, or we lose our democracy. phil: that is not the only then that may move us to lose our democracy. i mean, we have...
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this kind of advocacy and energy comes from somewhere. tell me about your mom and dad. >> my mom and dad, they taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health, and the right to clean water and good land. if you think about it, none of us can take it with us when we are gone. it's what we leave that going to matter. my mom and dad always taught me that lesson. they taught me the value of good water and being outside and farming and family and health. what i see happening in this crisis is deterioration of the family. it is deterioration of our health. a breakdown about fundamental core value system that i think this country was built upon, that family was built upon, that we have moved away from. we need to get back to that or risk huge failure. my mother and father were my absolute inspiration. tavis: i read about your son and i thought about how interesting a dialectic this is. york challenging the government to do better. your son served in afghanistan protecting our freedoms in this country. does that ever strike you as
this kind of advocacy and energy comes from somewhere. tell me about your mom and dad. >> my mom and dad, they taught me the greatest gifts we have are our family, our health, and the right to clean water and good land. if you think about it, none of us can take it with us when we are gone. it's what we leave that going to matter. my mom and dad always taught me that lesson. they taught me the value of good water and being outside and farming and family and health. what i see happening in...
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i started working for an energy paper and in 1973 and founded "the energy daily" which i proceeded to publish for 33 years, which gives me some sense of energy, which can be dangerous because things change. the energy has come back as a subject. and yet historically it is a terrible subject for president because they can't deliver on it. they can make press -- bring the price of gasoline to to put $50. that is ludicrous. the price of gasoline is not determined by the american president but in the world will the market where you have the great dragon sucking it up, china, and right behind it -- >> and the price of gas is determined also by unrest in the middle east. >> absolutely. there is a premium. i think it is 30%. the american petroleum institute say they think it is about 15%. i think it is about 30%. it is he jitter price, though wary price, what the new york mercantile exchange and other exchanges that trade futures in gasoline look at in oil it sells, they look at the disturbance in the middle east and they don't know what is going to happen, we don't know what is going to hap
i started working for an energy paper and in 1973 and founded "the energy daily" which i proceeded to publish for 33 years, which gives me some sense of energy, which can be dangerous because things change. the energy has come back as a subject. and yet historically it is a terrible subject for president because they can't deliver on it. they can make press -- bring the price of gasoline to to put $50. that is ludicrous. the price of gasoline is not determined by the american...
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did he make a mistake by not spending that capital and spending more energy and time on jobs before he got to health care? >> i think they are related. i think the affordable care act will be our major milestone when it comes to coverage people. 40 million people will now have coverage. and we can use it as a vehicle for restraining health-care cost spirit of a lot of unemployment now problems are related to the fact that health care costs are going up now. many families have given up health care altogether, or they cannot afford the incredibly fast increasing health care costs being imposed, so you cannot separate health care from the job situation. i think the president needed to do health care. i think the bill he got was probably the best he could get. i would rather have a single payer system or a please the public option, but he did as well and who -- or at least a public option, but i think he did as well as he could. >> the allegations he has been too favorable to the zero lead and has not focused enough on main street where the side street, you would respond house herrmann --
did he make a mistake by not spending that capital and spending more energy and time on jobs before he got to health care? >> i think they are related. i think the affordable care act will be our major milestone when it comes to coverage people. 40 million people will now have coverage. and we can use it as a vehicle for restraining health-care cost spirit of a lot of unemployment now problems are related to the fact that health care costs are going up now. many families have given up...
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he had enormous energy. maybe a little too much energy. he's going to calm down. but as i was talking to him, getting to know him, i kept looking in his eyes, and even given that we were going to have a great cast and we were going to have a great dp shooting it and great producers who have done wonderful movies, so that was -- it was all going to be covered, directing a movie is not an easy thing for anybody. for the best it's not easy. but looking in his eyes, i said, "this guy's not going to fail. he will not allow himself to fail." tavis: he didn't do bad, though, for cast. that helps. >> no, he did great. but those are smart decision. tavis: he got richard gere, he got susan sarandon, he got tim roth, that's a pretty >> i think everyone he got in here was in love with the script, in love with dealing with this territory of our world today in a smart way, in an intelligent way, with no tricks. it was all character-driven. language, great language, great dialogue in this, and also surprising. i think it breaks -- every time you might think you know where the mo
he had enormous energy. maybe a little too much energy. he's going to calm down. but as i was talking to him, getting to know him, i kept looking in his eyes, and even given that we were going to have a great cast and we were going to have a great dp shooting it and great producers who have done wonderful movies, so that was -- it was all going to be covered, directing a movie is not an easy thing for anybody. for the best it's not easy. but looking in his eyes, i said, "this guy's not...
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it is our ticket to solving the world's problems, energy problems, and if not for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world? tavis: we saw something that you would be doing this year. we do not have a chance to walk through all of them, but tell us about some that are exciting to you. >> naming each episode after a big question. "can science stop crime?" that is an amazing one. we looked into the future of the lie-detector, the polygraph. it is not admissible in 49 states. you cannot use it in court. it is just too easy to fool. we went to a lab that is looking at things like eye tracking, tracking your eyes. they will show you a picture of the crime scene, but they have photoshopped the scene. only the person that actually did it will look at where it actually was questions. >> that is a brilliant question in why you belong in this job -- and what you belong in this job. -- why you belong. it is a drive. i do not know that i would have the patience for it. it is applying for grants and applying for dwindling resources from the government, so it is a long, hard glo --
it is our ticket to solving the world's problems, energy problems, and if not for science and engineering, how will we compete in the new world? tavis: we saw something that you would be doing this year. we do not have a chance to walk through all of them, but tell us about some that are exciting to you. >> naming each episode after a big question. "can science stop crime?" that is an amazing one. we looked into the future of the lie-detector, the polygraph. it is not admissible...
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you need great intellectual energy and physical energy. petraeus is the first guy since world war ii the public has known. the irony, it to me -- one of the surprises to me in writing this book is the people we lionize, the soldiers of world war ii, they were the people became the generals of vietnam. the we rightly demonized. they're the same men. the difference is, world war ii, there was accountability. in world war ii, success was rewarded, the failure was punished. nobody knows -- first american commander in the african european in the army in world war ii. he was fired. a bunch of other generals were fired. they were replaced by names -- in 1940, dwight eisenhower was lieutenant-colonel on the west coast. george marshall picked him out and said that is the type of guy i need and began promoting these guys. we do not have leadership these days. instead, we have a parade of generals go into iraq. mediocrity, not doing much. coming home feeling entitled to a promotion. that is what has happened to the military over the last 50 years. ta
you need great intellectual energy and physical energy. petraeus is the first guy since world war ii the public has known. the irony, it to me -- one of the surprises to me in writing this book is the people we lionize, the soldiers of world war ii, they were the people became the generals of vietnam. the we rightly demonized. they're the same men. the difference is, world war ii, there was accountability. in world war ii, success was rewarded, the failure was punished. nobody knows -- first...
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. >> such a lovely energy. she was very kind. she was very worried about having to be mean to me in the movie. -- you weree scared scared about taking on the role? >> it is a little scary to be such a big part of something. i am used to playing smaller parts. when the movie comes out, i am proud of the movie, but i do not -- it does not feel like my responsibility. with this one, if people do not like it, it is my fault. tavis: what is wrong with playing the big parts? >> i love its. i am excited. if it is a good part, i will play it. tavis: how did the "two and a half men" thing happen for you? >> it was pilot season. it was supposed to be that one at the said. when the show got picked up, they made it a character. i was a regular for two years. tavis: you have done movies before. you bounce between television and film. what are you looking for in terms of some opportunities? >> i have been lucky enough to work with people i really respect and admire. that is my dream, to keep working with people whose work i like. that is what
. >> such a lovely energy. she was very kind. she was very worried about having to be mean to me in the movie. -- you weree scared scared about taking on the role? >> it is a little scary to be such a big part of something. i am used to playing smaller parts. when the movie comes out, i am proud of the movie, but i do not -- it does not feel like my responsibility. with this one, if people do not like it, it is my fault. tavis: what is wrong with playing the big parts? >> i...
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i have a lot of energy. even now, as an old man, i'm going to be 87 in december. tavis: yeah, i know. do you write in the mornings and teach during the day? >> people say, i write every day, but not today. because i am on tour. you see me once per year. i am locked away, dressed in rags, shivering, typing. that is my life. i tried to keep mentally healthy by realizing i am not going to work 12 hours per day. i'm going to work three or four hours and the rest of the day, i go and do something physical. i have to clean up after my wife, do your work, what on the beach, hike, i rent a place up in the sequoia forest. i spend a lot of time up there by myself, like walt whitman, walking in the wilderness, muttering to myself with tears streaming down my cheeks. this is my hobby. [laughter] tavis: you have said that you do art to the exclusion of everything else. when you focus in on it, it excludes everything else. tell me why i should not read that as an elitist statement coming from an artist? >> maybe it is, but i consider it more just. i am able to do what i wanted
i have a lot of energy. even now, as an old man, i'm going to be 87 in december. tavis: yeah, i know. do you write in the mornings and teach during the day? >> people say, i write every day, but not today. because i am on tour. you see me once per year. i am locked away, dressed in rags, shivering, typing. that is my life. i tried to keep mentally healthy by realizing i am not going to work 12 hours per day. i'm going to work three or four hours and the rest of the day, i go and do...
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american energy is an 80% issue. president in trouble, jimmy carter is a good example, george h2b bush in 1992. president to get in trouble have not been recovered by early videt. -- labor day. incumbents get whenever the last poll was. they do not get the undecided. the last couple of polls are at the 45 through 47% level. if he is stuck there, in a time when he was out spending romney and from a spot jet -- obama is outspending, this will be an exciting campaign. tavis: they will wait until both conventions and it will put the numbers out. these numbers are going to be very bad for the obama administration. they will point out party is the worst has been. in categories, not this bad since the great depression. the top line, i am looking at what these numbers will reveal. poverty is becoming the new american norm. i suspect mr. romney will take those numbers and club or the president with those numbers about poverty. whether not he can do a better job remains to be seen but when these numbers come out, what kind of
american energy is an 80% issue. president in trouble, jimmy carter is a good example, george h2b bush in 1992. president to get in trouble have not been recovered by early videt. -- labor day. incumbents get whenever the last poll was. they do not get the undecided. the last couple of polls are at the 45 through 47% level. if he is stuck there, in a time when he was out spending romney and from a spot jet -- obama is outspending, this will be an exciting campaign. tavis: they will wait until...
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. >> i want to see our department of energy lapse. >> rose: department of energy lapses. >> yes. >> rose: find alternate forms of energy. >> they did a lot zero research and research for nasa we need to be the four-runners of the next generation of ideas. a lot of that will come -- >> rose: and is that at risk because of our financial situation? >> yes. >> rose: because there is pressure to reduce the budget? >> yes. >> how about culture? how about things that government can do to encourage the arts? >> it is not our role. >> rose: so, no? >> no. >> rose: no money for pbs, no money for anything like that? >> no. well, pbs, you know the numbers on pbs, they don't need any federal government help. my daughter is an opera singer and she loves the arts and support the arts privately,. >> rose: private money is enough? >> find a roll role in the constitution. >> rose: are you like judge scalia if you can't find it in the constitution -- >> no, i think what we lack is common sense. i don't think there is a thimble full of common sense in all of washington. and i mean that seriously. >> rose: a
. >> i want to see our department of energy lapse. >> rose: department of energy lapses. >> yes. >> rose: find alternate forms of energy. >> they did a lot zero research and research for nasa we need to be the four-runners of the next generation of ideas. a lot of that will come -- >> rose: and is that at risk because of our financial situation? >> yes. >> rose: because there is pressure to reduce the budget? >> yes. >> how about...
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because he could have $100 billion or he could have $100, he would have the same enthusiasm and the same energy towards a film. tavis: i love that aut him. would you say you are a news junkie? >> i think of became a news junkie are around the 2000 election. i became immersed in the 24/7 of it all through the primaries and things like that. so yes, i m. having done the show now, i can kind of see how they are feeling, how they are kind of waiting for the next breaking news alert. it is different than when we had walter cronkite way back when. now it is all day long. i am a bit of a jaunty, to a point. then i have to sleep. [laughter] isis: i don't know that this ever the case, because he is such a great writer, but when you look at the script and there is something that sorkin has written that you think ought to be changed, how do you say that to aaron sorkin? >> very quietly, and usually through someone else. [laughter] a lot of layers in between so it cannot be traced back. tavis: right. >> here is the deal, and this comes from having done theater. it speaks also to the cast. they were very sm
because he could have $100 billion or he could have $100, he would have the same enthusiasm and the same energy towards a film. tavis: i love that aut him. would you say you are a news junkie? >> i think of became a news junkie are around the 2000 election. i became immersed in the 24/7 of it all through the primaries and things like that. so yes, i m. having done the show now, i can kind of see how they are feeling, how they are kind of waiting for the next breaking news alert. it is...
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you have that energy, obviously. the film is called "union square." mira sorvino, thanks for coming with us. that is our show for this time. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a a harlem-based chef, marcus samuelsson. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.
you have that energy, obviously. the film is called "union square." mira sorvino, thanks for coming with us. that is our show for this time. until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a a harlem-based chef, marcus samuelsson. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not...
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>> well, there is a void of energy, but also a very literal void in the sense that steve's character drove most of the episodes prior to his departure. so when he left, there was a sense of , well, obviously, his job as manager of dunder mifflin became open, which my character stepped into. then there was another -- just a narrative question of how do you -- what do you build the show around? i think we have tried a few different things this season and had a lot of fun. tavis: you came onto the show season two? tavis: three, season three. >> yeah, i joined as a guest star for - i had an eight- episode arc. then the storyline that i was brought in to be a part of, which was jim halpert going to stamford, connecticut, for a stretch, became a little more involved. then i came back to dunder mifflin, and then conversations started, well, maybe i could be a series regular, and then that is what happened. to start out -- >> the coolest. tavis: yes. [laughter] >> it is the coolest because i had just -- i was on "the daily show" for, gosh, almost five years, and when i left to do this arc on
>> well, there is a void of energy, but also a very literal void in the sense that steve's character drove most of the episodes prior to his departure. so when he left, there was a sense of , well, obviously, his job as manager of dunder mifflin became open, which my character stepped into. then there was another -- just a narrative question of how do you -- what do you build the show around? i think we have tried a few different things this season and had a lot of fun. tavis: you came...